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Biography

I am currently a lecturer in Civil Engineering, NUI
Galway with 12 years’ experience in the areas of water, wastewater, waste
treatment and sustainable transport in the academic, research and private
spheres. In my current role I am the Programme Director of the 1st
year engineering at NUI Galway and lecture in various water and transport
engineering modules. I currently manage over
 4.5 m in research funding; I am the coordinator of an ongoing recent FP7
grant - WATERNOMCS ( 2.95 m). I have been involved as lead investigator,
co-investigator or collaborator in  7 m worth of research funding. My current
research team comprises 16 postgraduate students and research staff.
My
key research and educational interests lie in the areas of wastewater and water
engineering and the development of tools and sustainable technology that can
improve outcomes in these sectors. I have a particular interest also in areas
such as policy, improving educational outcomes and awareness that lead to more
sustainable water and energy usage and the links between water and energy at a
local, national and international scale. I am leading with projects that
involve Irish Water, the private wastewater/water sectors, second and third
level educational sector, agriculture and aquaculture sector and work with
numerous international partners. I also host visiting students from various
water/wastewater engineering departments in France, USA and Brazil.

'An evaluation of the performance and optimization of a new wastewater treatment technology: the air suction flow-biofilm reactor'
Forde, P,Kennelly, C,Gerrity, S,Collins, G,Clifford, E (2015) 'An evaluation of the performance and optimization of a new wastewater treatment technology: the air suction flow-biofilm reactor'. Environmental Technology, 36 :1188-1204 [DOI] [Details]

International conference on biotechniques for air pollution control (Biotechniques-2011)
Clifford, E., Kennelly, C., Walsh, R., Gerrity, S., O’Reilly, E., and Collins, G (2011) Optimisation of a novel biofilm technology for the removal of nuisance odours and greenhouse gases at low temperatures International conference on biotechniques for air pollution control (Biotechniques-2011) [Details]

17th World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Ruane, E., Murphy, P., Clifford, E., O'Reilly, E., French, P., and Rodgers, M (2010) Treatment of dairy soiled water using woodchip-A Field Scale Study 17th World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering [Details]

8th IWA specialized Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 2nd specialized Conference on Decentralized Water and Wastewater International Network
de Paor, D., Clifford, E., Rodgers, M., and O'Reilly, E. (2008) Carbon and nitrogen removal rates from a laboratory and pilotscale horizontal flow biofilm reactor 8th IWA specialized Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 2nd specialized Conference on Decentralized Water and Wastewater International Network Coimbatore, India, , 06-FEB-08 - 09-FEB-08 [Details]

National Centre for Water and Wastewater Research and Demonstration.
O'Reilly, E., Clifford, E., O'Donoghue, P and Rodgers, M. (2010) National Centre for Water and Wastewater Research and Demonstration. EPA: STRIVE Report 78, Ireland. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Other Item

Year

Publication

(2009)

P92360EP00/LJC/BON New European Patent Application A stratified bioreactor National University of Ireland, Galway.
Rodgers, M., Clifford, E., O'Reilly, E. and Ruane, E (2009) P92360EP00/LJC/BON New European Patent Application A stratified bioreactor National University of Ireland, Galway. Other Item [Details]

Independent evaluation of a new wastewater treatment technology for single houses. Mayo County Council.
Rodgers, M., and Clifford, E., (2004) Independent evaluation of a new wastewater treatment technology for single houses. Mayo County Council. Technical Publication [Details]